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New Delhi: Supreme Court has confirmed the release of disputed film Padmavat countrywide including Rajasthan, in spite of State government's plea not to release this film in Rajasthan. Even after apex court’s decision, a demonstration against the release of this film is still going on across the state. However, Rajput Karni Sena has said that film will not be released in any case in entire Rajasthan.

The president of Shree Rajput Karni Sena Mahipal Singh Makrana said today that government should come up with an ordinance to stop the release of film nationwide. He said if the film is released they have plan to block the roads and call Janta curfew. 

New Delhi: The new Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA JigneshMevani called upon Dalits to defeat the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) in Karnataka as Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde had targeted the Dalit community and referred to its members as "dogs".

In a release, which Mevani has also tweeted, he said, "I call upon the Dalits and other oppressed communities to defeat the BJP, that views Dalits as dogs, in the upcoming election in Karnataka."

Mevani referred his call to defeat the BJP by citing the minister's recent statement against Dalit activists who were staging a protest against his statements in Ballari district by calling them "barking stray dogs".

New Delhi: The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court Justice J Chelameswar, who had, along with three other judges, revolted against the Chief Justice of India on allotment of cases to benches of his preferences, said on Monday that "impartial and independent judiciary is must for survival of liberal democracy". 

Justice Chelameswar whilereleasing a book on the Supreme Court, said that with the constitution conferring enormous jurisdiction on the apex court and the court's eagerness to do complete justice, number of cases being heard in the top court had increased over the years and the court was facing a tough time in providing speedy justice.

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram has attacked the government for adopting a "muscular militaristic" approach, saying it was a flawed and misguided policy.

He also came out in support of Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra for saying that the rules of engagement for handling conflicts calls for restraint.

"The fundamental flaw is the belief that a muscular militaristic approach will lead to a solution in Kashmir," he tweeted.

"Governor Vohra is absolutely right when he said that rules of engagement for handling internal conflicts called for 'restraint'."